In April 1568, Cristeane Johnnestoun became the subject of a legal process recorded in the archives of the early modern Scottish courts under case reference C/LA/3402. The surviving documentation identifies her as a female resident of St Johnston, a location that remains ambiguous in the historical record, though the trial itself is indexed as T/LA/2270.
The records provide only the starkest details of Cristeane’s experience within the judicial system of the sixteenth century. While the formal charge of witchcraft is documented, the procedural summary reflects the administrative patterns typical of the period’s ecclesiastical and secular courts. Beyond her name, sex, and the date of the proceedings, the available documents offer no further illumination regarding the specific allegations brought against Cristeane or the eventual outcome of her trial.